My shins were feeling a bit of tightness and sore. So i decided to skip the Mount Faber hill this week, not to aggravate the condition. But i was not going to step back on my mileage but look for some recovery runs.
I brought Dear to my new training ground at Compasspoint, a large grassland of 770m per loop according to my Garmin GPS. Dear was excited about the new training method. My suppose was to get some recovery runs on soft ground. Certain part of the ground was filled with grass higher than your ankles, it forced you to lift up your legs higher.
We started off with easy pace for Dear to familiarize with the ground, at 7 min/km pace. This pace went on for 5 km before i moved on. Dear was feeling the stress to cope with the balancing. She stopped after 5 km while i continued on for the next 7 km at 4.55 min/km pace. There was some potholes on the ground which we must be careful of. After a few laps, my pace was very consistent. Constantly, i ran each lap under 5 min/km pace and finished with a time of 1 hr 11 min, avg pace of 5.56 min/km for a total of 12 km.
I didn’t feel much impact on my shin as the ground was very soft. But my ankles were sore due to the much twists and turns.
running on grass is good although the body needs to learn how to balance for the first few wks…:-)
I also think so, it’s my recovery tool.